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Diptera serve as the primary, humidity-driven pollinators in tropical shallot agroecosystems, providing a highly effective and climate-adaptive alternative to vulnerable bee populations. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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To establish the functional role of Diptera as primary pollinators in tropical True Shallot Seed systems and evaluate their resilience under projected climate change.

September 2, 2026Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

The Role of Diptera as Primary Pollinators in Tropical Shallot Agroecosystems

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NNNurindah NurindahMuhammadiyah University of Makassar DSDwi Adi SunartoCenter for Plant Conservation SSSujak SujakIndonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development

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Review reveals Diptera serve as primary pollinators of tropical shallots via humidity-driven foraging, highlighting flies as resilient alternatives to declining bees.

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To establish the functional role of Diptera as primary pollinators in tropical True Shallot Seed systems and evaluate their resilience under projected climate change.
Synthesized global records comprising 405 crop-pollinating Diptera species across 254 genera.
Analyzed field observation data from Indonesian highland agroecosystems alongside climatic drivers and floral chemical volatile profiles.
Diptera accounted for 58.5% of pollinator community composition and contributed 77.3% of visitation-based pollination services in tropical highland shallots.
Relative humidity, rather than ambient temperature, served as the primary environmental driver of dipteran foraging activity.
Shallots selectively attract saprophagous flies via carrion-mimicking organosulfur volatiles, specifically dipropyl disulfide and dipropyl trisulfide.

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Nurindah et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e249c562ede874ec6572 https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.70176

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Review reveals Diptera serve as primary pollinators of tropical shallots via humidity-driven foraging, highlighting flies as resilient alternatives to declining bees.

The Role of Diptera as Primary Pollinators in Tropical Shallot Agroecosystems

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